Raining in a New Era
The Dirty Rascal Junior Master Gardeners met this evening to talk about something very important...living green. Specifically they wanted to work on water conservation. The group met at the 4-H office and club volunteer Kerrie Roach brainstormed ways with them that they could conserve water. Ideas ranged from turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth to not running sprinklers in the rain. After learning about water conservation they group learned how rain barrels work. The ones they are decorating are recycled 55 gallon drums donated by Unilever. The barrels were cleaned out and being re purposed to use at home. As the club members learned last night they barrels are positioned under a down spout and rain water is collected in them. A spicket near the front base allows the user to access the water to water their plants or lawn. The club members were very excited about decorating the barrels to jazz them up. Two of the ...
